Vice President, Global HR Technology & People Platforms, Global
About The Position
This role can be based in Denver, CO following our flexible work policy (3 days in-office, 2 days flexible), or remote, US. The VP, Global HR Technology & People Platforms is the enterprise product owner for Vantage’s People technology ecosystem, responsible for transforming Workday and a new HR Service Delivery Platform into a scalable, intelligent operating system for workforce planning, talent deployment, and employee experience. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this role will define and execute the strategy to: Embed end-to-end people processes into Workday (planning → hiring → development → mobility → promotion → backfill) Stand up a new HR Service Delivery Platform as the global service delivery layer Enable a closed-loop talent flywheel that prioritizes internal mobility, improves workforce productivity, and links talent decisions to business demand. This leader will operate as a product executive, not just a systems owner, driving process standardization, automation, data governance, and AI enablement across HR, Finance and IT to delivery measurable business outcomes.
Requirements
- 10–15+ years of progressive experience in HRIS, HR Technology, or People Systems leadership roles
- Familiarity with AI-enabled HR technologies and experience integrating automation, intelligent workflows, or emerging AI capabilities into business processes while maintaining appropriate governance and data privacy standards.
- Deep, hands-on expertise with Workday HCM, including configuration, reporting, and module integration
- Proven experience leading HRIS teams in complex, multi-site, or global organizations
- Strong understanding of HR processes across core HR, compensation, benefits, talent, and payroll integrations
- Experience managing large-scale system implementations, upgrades, or transformations
- Strong stakeholder management skills across HR, IT, Finance, and executive leadership
- Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into scalable system solutions
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Experience with data governance, HR compliance, and systems controls
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in HR, Information Systems, or related field preferred
- Experience with advanced Workday capabilities (e.g., Advanced Reporting, Security, Integrations)
- Experience deploying or scaling AI-enabled capabilities within Workday or the broader HR technology ecosystem.
- Familiarity with generative AI, agentic workflows, and emerging technologies supporting employee experience, service delivery, and workforce analytics.
- HR Shared Services and Service Delivery Platform experience
- Experience in high-growth or rapidly scaling organizations
- Strong HR analytics / people data experience
- Experience leading cross-functional transformation (HR + IT + Finance)
- Change management and stakeholder communication expertise
Responsibilities
- Own the global People Technology strategy and roadmap across Workday, HR Service Delivery platform, and adjacent systems
- Position Workday as the system of execution for workforce and talent decisions and HR Service Delivery platform as the employee service and experience layer
- Ensure platforms are designed as connected products, not siloed tools
- Design and implement integrated, end-to-end people workflows, including: workforce planning → requisition → hiring → mobility → promotion → backfill
- Translate workforce demand (Adaptive planning) into approved roles, hiring actions and internal mobility opportunities
- Embed decision logic and automation, including internal vs external hiring (“build vs buy”), promotion and lateral movement rules and compensation triggers aligned to job architecture
- Drive global standardization of people processes
- Build and operationalize a closed-loop talent flywheel: demand → match → move → backfill → repeat
- Leverage performance data, succession plans, skills taxonomy
- Enable internal-first hiring and talent deployment strategies
- Ensure seamless orchestration of recruiting, succession, promotions and workforce planning
- Implement and scale a global HR Service Delivery platform
- Define and optimize service catalog & case taxonomy, knowledge management, employee and manager self-service
- Drive AI-enabled service delivery (case deflection, virtual agents)
- Align service delivery to shared services operating model
- Ensure foundational capabilities are designed and embedded: job architecture (job families, levels), taxonomy and mapping skills, compensation structures and bands, career pathways (as needed)
- Enable these to support: workforce planning, talent matching, compensation decisions
- Identify and deploy AI-enabled capabilities, including talent matching and recommendations, service automation and case resolution
- Ensure responsible AI governance, data privacy, and compliance
- Drive measurable productivity and efficiency gains
- Own global HR technology delivery: releases, integrations, enhancements
- Lead multi-region transformation programs
- Ensure platforms scale with business growth and complexity
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- life and AD&D
- short and long-term disability coverage
- paid time off
- employee assistance
- participation in a 401k program that includes company match
- many other additional voluntary benefits
- above market total compensation package
- comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations
- array of benefits, recognition, training and development
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
